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Aliases: 約翰·古德曼 , ジョン・グッドマン , 존 굿맨 , جون غودمان , Джон Гудман , Джон Стівен Гудмен , Джон Гудмен , Karl Mundt , John Stephen Goodman , Jonathan Stephen "John" Goodman , جان گودمن

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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Movie Involvements: 75

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

Biography

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors." Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and  Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007). On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012).  Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The West Wing
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8

The West Wing

(1999) Glenallen Walken
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
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8

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

(2023) Bill Randa (archive footage)
The Equalizer
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7

The Equalizer

(1985) Harold Winter
Transformers: Age of Extinction
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6

Transformers: Age of Extinction

(2014) Hound (voice)
Damages
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7

Damages

(2007) Howard Erickson
The Princess and the Frog
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7

The Princess and the Frog

(2009) "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight
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6

Transformers: The Last Knight

(2017) Hound (voice)
Treme
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8

Treme

(2010) Creighton Bernette

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 (voice)
2023 Self
Narrator (voice)
Bill Randa
Bill Randa (archive footage)
2021 Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Sulley (voice)
2020 "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
N/A
2019 Eli Gemstone
Himself
N/A
William Mulligan
2018 Dan Conner
Michael Ennis
2017 Emmett Kurzfeld
Igon Siruss (voice)
Hound (voice)
Dave Phillips
Bill Randa
Paul Bunyan (voice)
Narrator
2016 Commisioner Ed Davis
Grimroth (voice)
Howard
2015 Sam Cooper
Frank King
Self
Self
Houston (voice)
Self - Actor
2014 Frank
Himself
Self
Hound (voice)
Self
Self
Sullivan (voice)
Self
Sgt. Walter Garfield
2013 Self
Roland Turner
Narrator
Sullivan (voice)
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
Marshall
Senator Gil John Biggs
Self
Masterson
2012 Santa Claus
Harling Mays
John Chambers
Pete Klein
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Mr. Fletcher
Self
(archive footage)
N/A
2011 Stan the Doorman
Al Zimmer
Narrator
Joseph Keenan
2010 Neal Nicol
Narrator
N/A
Creighton Bernette
2009 "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Capt. Edwin Simmons
Mr. Wellington
Pope Sergius II.
Vice Dean Laybourne
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Graham Bloomwood
Mortimer J Hamm
2008 Himself - Narrator
Happy's Father
Pops Racer
2007 Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Bones Darley
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Howard Erickson
Congressman Long
(archive footage)
2006 Santa Claus
Judge Robert Bebe
Sullivan Truck (voice)
Pacha (voice)
Steve Mills
Ed Roth (voice)
2005 Pacha (voice)
Self - Presenter
Self
2004 Steve Blauner
John Barnett
Larry (voice)
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Rodney
2003 Self
Uncle Sweetheart
Self
Baloo (voice)
N/A
2002 Himself
Tony
Sulley (voice)
2001 Marty Livingston
Sullivan (voice)
Benjamin
Narrator
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Detective Dehling
2000 Pacha (voice)
William "Butch" Gamble
Big Rudy
Big Dan Teague
Bill
Oklahoma Cop
Phil
Roland Jones
1999 Larry Verber
Self
N/A
Michael Wiseman
Glenallen Walken
Deepthroat
Santa Claus (voice)
Judge Tolliver
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
Himself
1998 Self
Santa Claus (voice)
Mac (voice)
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
Walter Sobchak
Mighty Mack McTeer
Jonesy
1997 Ocious P. Potter
Capt. Stan Hamel
Tommy (voice)
1996 Major Frank Wirtanen
N/A
Self
Alan Davenport
N/A
1995 Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Self
Huey P. Long, Jr.
1994 Self
N/A
Fred Flintstone
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
1993 Rex (voice)
Police Officer
Self - Guest
Harry Brock
Lawrence Woolsey
1992 Dan Conner
Frosty the Snowman
Babe Ruth
1991 Charlie Meadows
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
1990 Self - Host
Delbert McClintock
Ed Munn
Red
1989 Al Yackey
Meathook (voice)
Sherman
1988 Lawrence
Dan Conner
John Krytsick
Duke Earle
1987 Hugh Rayburn
Hugh Rayburn
Detective Nyswander
Gale
1986 Andre DeSoto
Louis Fyne
1985 Otis
Harold Winter
Donald Chase
1984 Frank
Cop in Diner
Coach Harris
1983 Raymond Bohupinsky
Newt 'Tub' Murray
Commando
Mr. Hebert
Fred
1980 Townsperson
Telegraph Operator
1975 Self - Host
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self
1962 Self
1953 Self
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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